Hand weaving device

ABSTRACT

A hand weaving device comprising a frame having a peripheral strip provided with a row of notches each receiving a H-shaped hook formed of two parallel bars connected by a stem, with the stem received in the notch and with the bar ends below the stem straddling the strip. Warp yarn is stretched between yarn holding means formed on the H-shaped hooks and warp yarn holding means opposite each hook across the frame. Weft yarn is woven without the need for shuttles or needles of any kind by alternately passing weft yarn under a hook to get the yarn between a warp yarn and the frame, and over a hook. The frame may be rectangular, with a row of hooks at one edge of the rectangular frame and a row of warp yarn holding pins at the opposite edge of the rectangle, or it may be round, with a row of hooks arranged around the periphery thereof and with warp yarn sretched from hook to diametrically opposite hook.

United States Patent 1 Doyel HAND WEAVING DEVICE John S. Doyel, 404 W. 20th St., New York, NY. 10011 [22] Filed: Jan. 31, 1972 [21] Appl. No.: 221,939

[76] Inventor:

im mmiwakqqe513M594!.5. s. Attorney- Robert S. Dunham, Ivan S. Kavrrukov [451 July 31, 1973 s7 7 ABSTRACT A hand weaving device comprising a frame having a peripheral strip provided with a row of notches each receiving a H-shaped hook formed of two parallel bars connected by a stem, with the stem received in the notch and with the bar ends below the stem straddling the strip. Warp yarn is stretched between yarn holding means formed on the H-shaped hooks and warp yarn holding means opposite each hook across the frame. Weft yarn is woven without the need for shuttles or needles of any kind by alternately passing weft yarn under a hook to get the yarn between a warp yarn and the frame, and over a hook. The frame may be rectangular, with a row of hooks at one edge of the rectangular frame and a row of warp yarn holding pins at the opposite edge of the rectangle, or it may be round, with a row of hooks arranged around the periphery thereof and with warp yarn sretched from hook to diametrically opposite hook.

9 Claims, 12 Drawing Figures Pmmiwm a 1 ms sum 1 or 3 N aiiiiiii PATENIED JUL 3 7 3, 748. 706

HAND WEAVING DEVICE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A popular type of recreational and artistic handcraft involves the weaving of relatively small'pieces such as squares, rectangles, circles and the like using material such as yarn, strips or other elongated flexible material. These relatively small weaved pieces can later be joined together to form-larger pieces such as clothing, scarves, hats and the like.

Weaving of these objects may be carried out by using a board or a template having a number of projections for stretching warp yarn and for facilitating the weaving in of weft yarn by means of needles or shuttles. The boards or templates may be circular, as in Gick US. Pat. No. 3,530,558 or rectangular, as in Epstein US. Pat. No. 2,463,365, Simonds U.S. Pat. No. 2,601,715, Epstein U.S. Pat. No. 2,756,780 and Stars US. Pat. No. 3,347,281.

In prior art hand weaving devices of the type discussed above, it is necessary to use a shuttle or a needle for weaving the weft yarn. Since the useof needles and shuttles requires premeasuring the needed length of yarn or tying separate pieces of yarn, and since the use of shuttles and needles is generally cumbersome as a hand operation, it would be desirable to eliminate the use of shuttles and needles. The present invention is therefore directed to a hand weaving device which eliminates the need for shuttles and needles.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The invention is directed to a hand weaving device which eliminates the need for shuttles and needles for weaving in weft yarn. The invented hand weaving device comprises a frame having a flat peripheral strip provided with a row of notches and with a row of hooks each comprising a unitary I-I-shaped body formed of two parallel bars connected by a central stem and each loosely received within a notch, with the stem between facing walls of the notch and with the bars partially straddling the strip. The frame may be rectangular or round. With a rectangular frame, one edge of the frame is provided with a row of notches each receiving a hook and an opposite end of the frame is formed with a row of pins such that warp yarn can be stretched between the hooks and the pins across the frame. With a round frame, the frame is provided with a circumferential'row of notches each receiving a hook, and warp yarn is stretched between diametrically opposite hooks. The novel construction of the invented weaving hooks and their cooperation with the frame allows for weft yarn to be passed over and under alternating warp yarns without the need for shuttles or needles such that a continuous piece of yarn of any length may be used for weaving weft yarn into the warp yarn stretched on the frame.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIGS. 1 and 2 are perspective views of a knitting hook and of a portion of a frame strip formed with an opening for receiving the weaving hook.

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of a weaving hook received within a frame notch.

FIGS. 4 through are elevational views of a weaving hook received within a frame notch and show different stages of passing weft yarn between the frame and warp yarn held by the hook.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of a rectangular hand weaving frame showing a partially completed woven piece.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of a round weaving frame showing a partially completed woven piece.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A knitting hook 20 shown separately in perspective view in FIG. 2 may be received loosely within a notch 22 formed in a flat strip 24 as shown in perspective in FIG. 1. A row of notches 22 may be arranged along a flat strip forming one side of a rectangular frame 24a as shown in FIG. 1 1, or along a flat strip forming the radially outward periphery of a round frame 24b as shown in FIG. 12. Warp yarn may then be stretched between suitable warp yarn holding means, and weft yarn may be weaved in without the need to use shuttles or needles because of the unique construction of the hooks 20 and their unique cooperation with the notches 22.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the hook 20 is a generally H-shaped unitary body comprising two substantially parallel bars 20a and 20b connected by a centrally positioned stern 200. The hook 20 may be provided with warp yarn holding means in the form of a warp holding projection 20d extending from the lower portion of the bar 20a in a direction away from the bar 20b.

The hook 20 may be received loosely within a notch 22 formed in the strip 24 as shown in perspective view in FIG. 2. The notch 22 is an elongated opening having a body portion whose width A is greater than the thickness of the stem 20c of the hook 20, whose neck has a width B less than the thickness of the stem 20c, and whose mouth has a width C greater than the width of the bars 20a and 20b.

The flat strip 24 may be made of resilient but selfrestoring material such as molded thermoplastic so that the stem 20c may be forced through the neck of the notch 22 until it is entirely within the body of the notch 22 as shown in FIG. 1, with the stem 20c loosely received within the body of the notch 22.

Referring to FIG. 11, the flat strip 24 may be an integral part of a rectangular frame 24a having along one side thereof a row of notches 22 and having a hook 20 loosely received within each of the notches 22. The side of the frame 24a opposite the row of notches 22 and hooks 20 may be provided with warp yarn holding means in the form of pins 26 extending up from the frame 24a transversely to the plane thereof, and with tapered yarn holding notches 28 flanking the row of pins 26, such that warp yarn 30 may be stretched between the pins 26 and the yarn holding projections 20d of the hooks 20 in the pattern shown in FIG. 11 or in other patterns.

To stretch warp yarn in the pattern shown in FIG. 11, one end of the yarn 30 is first forced into the righthand tapered notch 28 to be retained therein. The yarn 30 is then looped over the yarn holding projection 20d of the rightmost hook 20, then over the rightmost pin 26 and then alternately over the remaining free rightmost hook yarn holding projection 20d and pin 26, until it is hooked over the leftmost yarn holding projection 20d and is forced into the lefthand tapered notch 28 to be retained therein.

Altemately, separate pieces of warp yarn 30 may be tied between aligned hook projections 20d and pins 26. Still other warp yarn patterns are possible.

A free end 32a of the weft yarn 32 may then be tied, for example, to the warp yarn 30 stretched between the leftmost hook 20 and the lefthand tapered notch 28, near the leftmost pin 26, and the weft yarn 32 may then be passed alternately over and under the adjacent pairs of warp yarns 30 to form a woven piece as the piece shown in partially completed form in FIG. 11.

The partially completed piece shown in FIG. 11 is at the point where the weft yarn 32 should be passed under the warp yarn 30 hooked over the holding projection 20d of the hook 20e. Assuming that the hook 20e shown in FIGS. 4 through correspond to the hook e shown in FIG. 11, reference is now made to FIGS. 4 through 10 for a description of how weft yarn is passed under warp yarn without using needles or shuttles.

Referring to FIG. 4, the weft yarn 32 is brought over the strip 24 and its top end is inserted between the notch wall 22a forming the mouth of the notch 22 and the hook 20e. The top end of the weft yarn'32 is then pulled downwardly and to the right while the lower end of the weft yarn 32 is either pulled or held down such that the portion of the weft yarn 32 which is over the notch wall 22a slides downwardly over the notch wall 22a at the neck of. the notch 22 and comes down into the corner formed by the notch walls 220 and 22d, to the position shown in FIG. 5. The loose end of the weft yearn 32 is now on the back side of the strip 24. It is kept against the back side of the frame 24 and is moved over to the left and upwardly to pass the weft yarn 32 between the back of the strip 24 and the lower portion of the hook bar 20b, as shown in FIG. 6 and in FIG. 7.

Then, the loose end of the weft yarn 32 is brought up along the lefthand side of the hook 20c and adjacent the back of the strip 24 as shown in FIG. 8. The free end of the weft yarn 32 is then brought downward and forward to pass the weft yarn 32 between the lefthand side of the hook 20s and the wall 22b forming a part of the mouth of the notch 22. Then, the free end of the weft yarn 32 is pulled downward so that the weft yarn 32 slides over the part of the notch wall 22b forming the neck of the notch 22 and the weft yarn 32 is entirely within the body of the opening 22, as shown in FIG. 9. The free end of the weft yarn 32 is then pulled down and the weft yarn 32 is now properly under the warp yarn 30, i.e., the weft yarn 32 is between the warp yarn 30 and the strip 24.

Referring to FIG. 12, the strip 24 may form the radially outward periphery of a round frame 24b provided with radially oriented notches 22 similar in shape to the notches 22 shown in FIGS. 1 through 1 l. I-Iooks 20 are similarly received within the notches 22 shown in FIG. 12 and warp yarn 30 is stretched between diametrically opposite hooks 20 by forcing a free end of the warp yarn 30 in a tapered notch 20a to be retained therein and then looping the warp yarn 30 over the warp yarn holding projections 20d of successive substantially diametrically opposite hooks 20. Warp yarn may be stretched on the frame 24b in alternate other patterns, such as tying individual pieces of warp yarn 30 between diametrically opposite books 20.

To weave in weft yarn, the free end of the weft yarn 32 is tied over the center of the warp yarn stretched between the hooks 20 such that the warp yarn 30 appears to be radiating from the center of the frame 24b toward the circumferentially arranged hooks 20, and the weft yarn 32 is then alternately passed over and under warp yarn as described in connection with FIGS. 4 through 10.

The frame 24a shown in FIG. 11 as a rectangle of flat material may alternately be in the form of a rectangular frame similar to a picture frame, with a strip 24 forming one side thereof and with a row of pins 26 on the opposite side.

Similarly, the frame 24b shown in FIG. 12 as a solid circle may alternately be an annular strip 24, or it may be a non-planar, bowl-shaped structure.

I claim: 1

l. A weaving device comprising a frame having a peripheral strip provided with a row of notches and with a row of books each comprising a first and a second bar connected by a stem, with each of said hooks having a warp yarn holding means and loosely received within a notch, with the stem disposed between facing walls of the notch and with the bars at least partially straddling the strip.

2. A weaving device as in claim 1 wherein said frame strip is round in outline and said notches are arranged in a row along the radially outer periphery of the strip.

3. A weaving device as in claim 1 wherein said frame is substantially rectangular and said strip is along one side thereof, and wherein the frame side opposite the strip is provided with warp yarn holding means.

4. A weaving device as in claim 1 wherein said hooks are l-I-shaped, with the bars substantially parallel to each other and with the stem centrally positioned with respect to the bars.

5. A weaving device as in claim 4 wherein said hook warp yarn holding means comprises a yarn-holding projection extending from one bar of each hook away from the other bar of the same hook.

6. A weaving device as in claim 4 wherein each of said strip notches is formed by facing strip walls defining an elongated opening generally wider than the hook stem thickness except for a neck near the mouth of the opening, said neck being narrower than the hook stem thickness.

7. A weaving device as in claim 6 wherein the elongated opening serving as a notch is substantially perpendicular to the frame strip at the notch location, and wherein the bars of the hook are aligned with the opening receiving the hook, with the bar portions on one side of the stem straddling the strip and with the bar portions on the other side of the strip extending partly out of the frame and straddling the strip facing walls forming the neck of the opening, with the facing walls beyond the neck and toward the mouth of the opening being separated by a distance greater than the width of the hook bars.

8..A weaving device comprising a hook formed in an H-shaped unitary body of two substantially parallel bars and a centrally disposed connecting stem, and including warp yarn holding means affixed thereto.

9. A weaving device as in claim 8 including a frame member comprising a strip provided with an elongated notch opening which is wider than the hook stem thickness except for a neck narrower than the hook stem thickness, said notch opening adapted to receive the hook stem between the neck and the bottom of the notch opening.

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1. A weaving device comprising a frame having a peripheral strip provided with a row of notches and with a row of hooks each comprising a first and a second bar connected by a stem, with each of said hooks having a warp yarn holding means and loosely received within a notch, with the stem disposed between facing walls of the notch and with the bars at least partially straddling the strip.
 2. A weaving device as in claim 1 wherein said frame strip is round in outline and said notches are arranged in a row along the radially outer periphery of the strip.
 3. A weaving device as in claim 1 wherein said frame is substantially rectangular and said strip is along one side thereof, and wherein the frame side opposite the strip is provided with warp yarn holding means.
 4. A weaving device as in claim 1 wherein said hooks are H-shaped, with the bars substantially parallel to each other and with the stem centrally positioned with respect to the bars.
 5. A weaving device as in claim 4 wherein said hook warp yarn holding means comprises a yarn holding projection extending from one bar of each hook away from the other bar of the same hook.
 6. A weaving device as in claim 4 wherein each of said strip notches is formed by facing strip walls defining an elongated opening generally wider than the hook stem thickness except for a neck near the mouth of the opening, said neck being narrower than the hook stem thickness.
 7. A weaving device as in claim 6 wherein the elongated opening serving as a notch is substantially perpendicular to the frame strip at the notch location, and wherein the bars of the hook are aligned with the opening receiving the hook, with the bar portions on one side of the stem straddling the strip and with the bar portions on the other side of the strip extending partly out of the frame and straddling the strip facing walls forming the neck of the opening, with the facing walls beyond the neck and toward the mouth of the opening being separated by a distance greater than the width of the hook bars.
 8. A weaving device comprising a hook formed in an H-shaped unitary body of two substantially parallel bars and a centrally disposed connecting stem, and including warp yarn holding means affixed thereto.
 9. A weaving device as in claim 8 including a frame member comprising a strip provided with an elongated notch opening which is wider than the hook stem thickness except for a neck narrower than the hook stem thickness, said notch opening adapted to receive the hook stem between the neck and the bottom of the notch opening. 